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Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

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Field Notes

Description:

Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black mask, and brilliant-red wax droplets on the wing feathers

Habitat:

woodlands of all kinds, and at farms, orchards, and suburban gardens where there are fruiting trees or shrubs.

Notes:

Eat's snow for water

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PublishedMarch 6, 2013

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